Isthmian League - Biocrawler(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)

Although the league established itself as one of the strongest leagues in the country, routinely providing the winners of the FAAmateur Cup, it was still seen as being at a lower level than the Southern League and Northern PremierLeague, the top regional semi-professionalleagues.

The league began to admit professionalism in the 1970s, although it refused to participate in the formation of the Alliance PremierLeague1979.

Two Isthmian clubs, Enfield and Dagenham, defected to the APL in 1981, but it was not until 1985 that the IsthmianLeague champions were given a promotion place to the newly renamed Football Conference.

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Isthmian League Second Division - Biocrawler(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)

The IsthmianLeague Division Two is an English footballleague in London and the surrounding area.

It is the third and lowest division of the IsthmianLeague, and sits at step 5 of the National League System.

Division Two was formed in 1973 as the first major expansion of the IsthmianLeague, and consisted of 16 clubs, mostly from the Athenian League.

It is more commonly known by the name of its official title sponsor as the RymanLeague, and before that as the DiadoraLeague, ICISLeague, Rothmans IsthmianLeague, Vauxhall-Opel League and Berger IsthmianLeague.

Although the league established itself as one of the strongest leagues in the country, routinely providing the winners of the FAAmateur Cup, it was still seen as being at a lower level than the Southern League and Northern PremierLeague which were the top regional semi-professionalleagues.

Wimbledon F.C. AFC Wimbledon became members of IsthmianLeague Division One for the 2004-05 season after promotion from the Combined Counties League, and were promoted to the IsthmianLeaguePremier Division for the 2005-06 season

Although the league established itself as one of the strongest leagues in the country, routinely providing the winners of the FAAmateur Cup, it was still seen as being at a lower level than the Southern League and Northern PremierLeague, the top regional semi-professionalleagues.

Two Isthmian clubs, Enfield and Dagenham, defected to the APL in 1981, but it was not until 1985 that the IsthmianLeague champions were given a promotion place to the newly renamed Football Conference.

The IsthmianLeague was reduced back down to three divisions, and its boundaries were changed to remove the overlap with the Southern League.

Although the league established itself as one of the strongest leagues in the country, routinely providing the winners of the FA Amateur Cup, it was still seen as being at a lower level than the Southern League and Northern PremierLeague, the top regional semi-professionalleagues.

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Southern Football League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)

Professionalism was sanctioned by the Football Association as early as 1885, but when the FootballLeague was founded in 1888 it was based entirely in the north and midlands, the establishment and county FA's in the south being firmly opposed to professionalism.

Nonetheless, after an abortive attempt the previous year, the Southern League, a competition for both professional and amateur clubs, was founded in 1894 and soon became the dominant competition outside the FootballLeague in southern and central England.

With its clubs seeking a more regular means of advancing to the FootballLeague, in 1979 the Southern League became a feeder to the new Football Conference along with the IsthmianLeague and the Northern PremierLeague, and the top Southern clubs of the day joined the new league.

As part of the 2004 restructuring of the National League System, the two First Divisions of the IsthmianLeague that had existed since 2002 are being recombined to become one of four "Step 4" leagues of the NLS, making them part of the eighth overall tier of the English footballleague system.

Promotion from the IsthmianFirst will be to either the IsthmianPremier or the Dr Martens Southern LeaguePremier Division depending on a team's geographic location.

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Isthmian League(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)

Although the league established itself as one of the strongest leagues in the country, routinely providing the winners of the FA Amateur Cup, it was still seen as being at a lower level than theSouthern League and Northern PremierLeague, the topregional semi-professionalleagues.

The amateur status of the league, maintained until the distinction between professional and amateur players was abolished in 1974, meant that the member clubs all had the F.A. Amateur Cup to compete for, and very successful they were too.

Although it's geographic coverage has shifted somewhat due to the re-organisation of the non-league pyramid, the league is currently the highest regional league for a large swathe of the South East of England, covering clubs from Bedford to the South Coast, and from the New Forest eastwards to the North Sea.

The IsthmianLeagueFirstDivision South (note the slightly different title) existed for two seasons from 2002-03 till 2003-04.

The division was formed from a merger of the IsthmianLeagueFirst Division and the IsthmianLeagueSecond Division at the end of the 2001-02 season, the idea being to reduce travel distance for teams in the Isthmianleague.

It is more commonly known by the name of its official title sponsor as the RymanLeague, and before that as the DiadoraLeague, ICIS League, Rothmans IsthmianLeague, Vauxhall-Opel League and Berger IsthmianLeague.

Although the league established itself as one of the strongest leagues in the country, routinely providing the winners of the FAAmateur Cup, it was still seen as being at a lower level than the Southern League and Northern PremierLeague which were the top regional semi-professionalleagues.

The league began to admit professionalism in the 1970s, although it refused to participate in the formation of the Alliance PremierLeague in 1979.

It was at the sixth tier of the English footballleague system from 1985 till 2004 but is now at the seventh tier.

From 1973-74, and the introduction of the IsthmianLeagueSecond Division, till 1976-77, this league was actually named the 'IsthmianLeagueFirst Division'; it was rebranded the Premier Division upon the introduction of a third layer to the IsthmianLeague

Prior to the 2004-2005 season, the division winners were promoted to the Football Conference (along with the Northern PremierLeague and Southern League winners), while the lowest placed teams were in recent seasons relegated to either the IsthmianLeagueDivision One North or the IsthmianLeagueDivision One South.

The IsthmianLeague’s centenary celebrations suffered a blow when their league representative side went down 3-2 in an entertaining match played at Dulwich Hamlet FC on Monday.

As the half wore on, the IsthmianLeague began to settle and put more pressure on The FA’s backline and it was no surprise when Ross Wareham of Billericay equalised from close range following a further defensive mix up.

Those IsthmianLeague players who withdrew from Jack Pearce’s original selection are the losers, missing out on an excellent advert for the game and the opportunity to impress those watching.